THE SHRUB GARDEN 
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Asiatic group, and the wild American 
and Chinese kinds, there is certainly 
no scarcity of handsome and brilliant- 
leaved climbers. The Brooms, often 
neglected in nurseries, are beautiful and, 
though short-lived, singularly brilliant 
and fine in colour. Numbers of Brooms 
are not yet grown in gardens. The same 
may be said of the more graceful Indigo- 
feras, which are very pretty shrubs, some 
of them not yet increased in our nur- 
series. The Prunus, from China and 
North America, give us pretty bushes, 
apart from those already in cultivation 
in the form of Double Cherries . Several 
new kinds are figured in the Friiticetum, 
Spireas are more grown, but evidently 
there are other beautiful things to come, 
and apromisingone is figured hereas^^?^- 
raria asurge?is; the name used here for 
the kinds of this Lindleyana group. Of 
recent years the wild Roses have had 
more attention paid to them, and the 
more distinct kinds well deserve it. 
Severalneworrareformsarefiguredhere, 
whilst an immense list of wild kinds is 
given. The Hawthorns have acquired a 
new interest from the number of kinds 
found of late years in North America, 
and though some may not be distinct as 
garden shrubs, still they are very pro- 
misingasa wholeand nurserymen should 
select the bestand raise them from seed, 
for grafting has lost many of the Haw- 
thornsintroducedtoourcountry. Coto- 
neasters, or " Rocksprays," have been 
with us a long time but enough has not 
by any means been made of these fine 
shrubs, and here some new and interest- 
ingformsare figured. Amelanchiersand 
Aronias are very seldom seen with us in 
any effective use, the last named being a 
small kind of Pyj^ns which is effective if 
well-placed. Deutzias have been made 
more interesting of late, both the intro- 
' duced kinds and the garden hybrids, and 
the same may be said of the Philadel- 
I phus, both groups figuring in this list, 
with Cornus,which generally cuts a poor 
figure in our gardens, spite of late intro- 
ductions. But perhaps of all neglected 
shrubs noneare so much soas the Honey- 
suckles, of which we see only one or two 
kinds in gardens. In a very large genus 
like this, there are plants of little garden 
interest, but there are also many of the 
highest beauty which suit our cold cli- 
mate and our tastes, and some of our 
botanic gardens could hardly do better 
than get together a collection of the more 
distinct kinds of Honeysuckle. Ever- 
green shrubs have been much better 
grown in England than elsewhere, 
though here too there is immense room 
for introductions and for more effective 
usage. Among the more beautiful shrubs 
lately introducedare some forms of Bud- 
dleia, which are really fine additions and 
apparently hardy and vigorous. There 
are lengthy lists of two plants — Smilax 
and Ephedra — both very distinct and in 
the case of Smilax very fine in habit, yet 
hardly ever seen in gardens. 
In making this rich collection of 
shrubs and giving us such an instructive 
list of them, M. de Vilmorin has done 
us all a precious service. Such collec- 
tions are indeed rich mines to draw upon . 
To get them together takes so much 
space and care, that it is impossible to 
group the kinds so as to get their finest 
effects. It is for us — gardeners pure and 
